Plant Course

Next Steps

A return to the leaders’ map, discovering what your next steps are, relating to both those who will have an impact on your plant and framing the timeline of your planting journey.

1. Bible Thought

10 minutes

2. Networking

13 minutes

3. Navigating

14 minutes

4. Church planting in a rural culture

45 minutes

Case studies of church plants help ground the ideas you encounter in the Plant Course. Watch this conversation about rural planting.

Additional Resources

If you would like to explore this topic further, we would recommend the following resources and publications:

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